Locking device for automobiles.



0. C. VERIVIILYA. L0KING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED .IMLH, I9I8.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

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LOCKING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. H. 1918.

1 %86,41:5%w Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

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To all amt {0mm 1 Be it known that I, OWEN mont, in the county of Sandusky and the; State of Ohio,,have inventednew and useful Improvements in Looking DevicesforAutomobiles, of which the following issa specification. i

The present invention relates to improvements in means to look the steeringmecha: nism and the spark and throttle levers. ofaan automobile so as to prevent the unauthorized putting in motion thereof.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a simple, compact and durable device which may be easily handled and manipulated and which when properly associated with the steering wheel and the spark and throttle levers and locked in such position will prevent lateral movement thereof.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the above character hav ing a bolt which is movable in a plane parallel to that of the steering post and which extends upwardly through the spokes of the steering wheel and prevents lateralumovement of said wheel and of the spark and throttle levers, said bolt being adjustable by means of a keyless lock.

Various other objectsand advantages will become apparent during the continuance of the following description.

i In the drawings: 1

Figure 1 is a top view of the steering post and steering wheel of an automobile withmy device attached.

Fig. 2 is a side elevationof a steering post and steering wheel with my device attached.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectionof my device, not including the circular piece of metal shown in Fig. 1. r 1

Fig. 4 is a view in cross section taken on linetlofFigiB. i 1

a Fig. 5 is a viewof the bolt employed in my device.

Fig. 6 is a view of one of the permutation i i pass. freely through and allow the bolt to I be lowered until the screw 26 comes in contact with theupright22. p

. Itwill be seen therefore that when the de- 1 disks employed in my device. r

Fig. 7 is a view of the other permutation ing wheel 11 which has the usual spokes and operating above itthe spark and throttle levers 12 and 13 respectively. Beneath these i levers and riveted as at 14. to thespokesof the wheel, I provide a circular piece of metal i l sp c tion of Letters Patent 15 "havia a sass arflspacedto ts 16 the VE X citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Fr e-i purpose of which will be later on setforth.

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Thatpartof.my devica'beneath the steering wheel consists of a member 17 whose base is curvedn such a manner thatlit fits snuglyagainst thesteering post lO and is held tightly against saidpost by a yoke 118: a

whose screw threaded ends 19 carrynuts20, i

. permitting the device to be attached or detachedat Wlll. The member 17 is so formed thatit has extending outwardly and perpen dicular to the steering post, two uprights or supports 21 and 22. Upright 21 is provided 1 with a hole 23 and upright 22 is provided wlth" a hole 24, said holesbeing. in exact alinement and beingemployed to carry a bolt 25, which moves longitudinally in a plane parallel to: that of the steering post 10.. A

screw 26 is so arranged in the end of the. bolt 25 that it will stop the downwardmovement of said bolt byengagingthe upright 22 and head 27 also carried by said bolt, by engaging the shoulder 21 prevents too much upward movement. The bolt also carries a longitudinal key 28 which operates in the cut out portions 29 of the uprights 21 and 22. As will be observed from the drawings.

this key is narrower at its lowerend than at 1 its upper end, the purpose of this being to permit the bolt to be properly adjusted by the two permutation disks 30 and 31 which are carried between the uprights 21 and 22.1 Itis to be understood that I do not confine.

myself to this particularform of key as several keys may be employed to obtain the desired results. A washer 32 is provided to keep the disks positioned against the upright 21. The disks 30 and31 may be equipped with slots, the form and number of which may be varied at will. In Figs. 6 and 7 are shown slots 33 and 34: only one of which, is sufficiently large to allow the complete the disks are solturned that this slot in one 1 of them is in proper registry with the corresponding slot in the other, the key28 will in registry the bolt is held in this position J passage through of the key 28, so that when i and while so positioned will prevent the lateral movement of the steering Wheel or either of the levers.

By adjusting the disks so that free passage is allowed the key 28 the bolt 25 will be lowered and the levers may then be operated at will.

3 what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent isf v The combination with a steering post and copies of this patent may be obtained for steering wheel, of a locking device c01npris- 111g a base, curved to conform to said post,

and provided with a yoke to hold it in position; spaced upright members accommodating a longitudinally, disposed bolt, equipped with an overlapping screw at one end; means to adjust said bolt consisting of a longitudin'al key carried thereby and slotted disks adapted to cooperate with said key, and a perforated ring carried above the Wheel, to engage said bolt and lock the wheel and the levers positioned thereon against lateral movement. I

\ OlVEN G. VERMIL-YA. Witnesses:

J. M; HALL,

CHAS. W. DAVIS.

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Washington, D. G. 

